Improvement in pruning instruments



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Pruning Instruments.

NO. 143,064. Patented September23,l873.

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WILLIAM H. COLLINGS, OF RAYTOWN, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN PRUNING INSTRUMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,064, datedSeptember 23, 1873 application filed May 10, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. COLLINGS, of Raytown, in the county ofJackson and State of Missouri, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Pruning Instrument; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification, in which- The drawing represents the upper part of theinstrument, consisting of a hook and saw.

The invention consists in the combination of the hook and saw with thepole, the rod, and the two sockets, as hereinafter fully described.

A represents a .pole of any desired length, made hollow to receive awire or small metallic rod, B, which passes through it longitudinally.Upon the upper end of the rod B is cut a thread to screw into the shankof the saw, which projects above the end of the pole A, and fits into adovetailed groove or socket in the side of a ferrule, F, attached to theupper part of the pole A. In the groove or socket it is secured by aset-screw, G. By

this construction, in using the instrument, the

hook H is passed over the twig tobe cut, and

the rod B pulled down through the pole A or Witnesses:

R. H. HOWARD, W. I. GRAY.

